Tales of Little Women

This article is about the 1987 animated adaptation by Nippon Animation. For the 1981 animated adaptation by Toei Animation see Little Women (1981 TV series). For all other uses see Little Women (disambiguation)
Tales of Little Women
Cover of the first volume of the Japanese DVD release by Bandai featuring the March sisters, clockwise from upper left: Jo, Meg (in chair), Amy, and Beth.
愛の若草物語
GenreHistorical drama
Based onLittle Women
by Louisa May Alcott
Screenplay byAkira Miyazaki
Directed byFumio Kurokawa
Music byKazuo Ōtani
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes48
Production
Executive producerKoichi Motohashi
ProducersJunzō Nakajima
Taihei Ishikawa (Fuji TV)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkFNS (Fuji TV)
ReleaseJanuary 11 (1987-01-11) –
December 27, 1987 (1987-12-27)
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Tales of Little Women (愛の若草物語, Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari; "Love's Tale of Young Grass"), also simply known as Little Women, is a Japanese animated television series adaptation itself of Louisa May Alcott's 1868-69 two-volume novel Little Women, produced by Nippon Animation. It aired from January to December 1987 on Fuji Television and its affiliates as the 13th entry in the House Foods World Masterpiece Theater series.

A sequel series, Little Women II: Jo's Boys, premiered in 1993.

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